Adjustable towel-rack.



A. N. JOHNSON. ADJUSTABLE TOWEL RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.13, 1905.

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munnmwul y A TORNEVS PATLNTED JULY 17, 1906.

ALBERT N. JOHNSON, OF BEAVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

ADJUSTABLE TOWEL-RACK.

Specification of Letters Tatent.

Patented July 1'7, 1906.

Application filed November 13, 1905. Serial No. 287,084.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT N. JOHNSON, a citizen Of the United States, residing at Beaver, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Adjustable Towel- Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tO a rack adjustable in a variety Of ways and designed to support a mirror and also to serve as a towel-rack.

The invention consists inthe novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of a block and pin.

In the drawings, 1 represents angled brackets secured in vertical alinement to a Wall and perforated to receive pins carried by the ends of a vertically-arranged bar 2, which is thereby rotatably journaled in an upright position between the said brackets. Ears 3 are carried by the bar 2, and between said ears is pivoted a longitudinally-slotted arm 4, the slot being upwardly and downwardly Open and its side walls being longitudinally grooved, as shown at 5.

A block 6 slides in the slot of the arm 4 and is rotatably held therein by means of cylindrical pins 7, which project into the grooves 5 from Opposite sides of the block 6. The block carries a normally upwardly extending pin 8 circumferentially grooved, as at 9. By turning the block 6 on its bearings formed by the pins 7 the pin 8 will depend downwardly.

A block 10 has a socket in its base to receive the pin 8 and the block 10 is locked to the pin by set-screws 1 1, which work through the block and extend into the groove 9. The block 10 is therefore rotatably carried by the block 6. The block 10 is transversely slotted,

and an arm 12 is slidably held in the slot and locked in its adjusted position by a set-screw 13, working through an end of the block l() and bearing on the arm. Sleeves 14 are ar- 5o ranged on each end of the arm 12 and'carry curved arms 15, two arms extending in Opposite directions belng carried by each sleeve,

and towel-rollers 16 are journaled at their v ends in these arms 15. Sockets are formed in the sleeves 14, and angled brackets 17 are provided with pins 18, which engage said sockets. Between the angled arms Or brackets 17 is pivotally mounted a mirror 19. The entire device can be swung horizontally in the brackets 1, and the arm 12 and all parts supported thereby can be moved in a straight line toward and away from the bar 2.

The various parts can be elevated above the arm 4, as shown, Or can be reversed or inverted by turning the block on its bearing, in which case the mirror could be removed, to be restored to position again when the parts were returned to normal position.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A device Of the kind described comprising a horizontally-swinging, longitudinallyslotted arm, a block slidably held therein, a block rotatably mounted on the slidable block, an arm slidably held in the rotatable block, and rollers supported from the said slidable arm.

2. In a device of the kind described, an upright roller, a horizontal arm carried thereby,

said arm being longitudinally slotted, the slot being upwardly and downwardly Open, longitudinal grooves being formed in the sides of the slot, a block slidable in the slot and having pins projecting from opposite sides and extending into the grooves, a vertical pin carried by the end of said block and circumferentially grooved, ablock having a socket to receive the pin, set-screws working through the said block and engaging the pin-groove, the said block being transversely slotted, an arm slidably held in said slot, means for clamping the arm against movement in the slot, and towel-carrying means supported by the last-mentioned arm. r

- ALBERT N. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID B. HARTFORD, ELMER LYONs. 

